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Wilhelm Keitel at Nuremberg
Wilhelm Keitel was made chief of staff of the Armed Forces in 1938.
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Brad Skow
Tales of Unintended Consequences, Volume 1
When the Bolsheviks won the Russian civil war, and put their hands on the levers of power, the liberation of women was high on their list of goals.
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Flaws as Meta-Merits
On the ending of Huckleberry Finn
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Paradise Lost, 2: the lives of angels, the nature of epic, and “good lines.”
Adam asks Raphael, and you would too, admit it, about the sex lives of angels...
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July 2025

“Abolish Marriage!”
Should governments get out of the marriage business?
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Goering at Nuremberg, 2
When not in the courtroom, the Nuremberg defendants were visited and interviewed by American psychiatrists.
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Goering at Nuremberg, 1
Robert H. Jackson was an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court by day, and one of the most eloquent men alive.
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Dispatch from the World of Payne
Jason Fitger, Professor of English, is charged on short notice and against his will with running Payne University’s Study Abroad program.
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General Orders: July 9, 1776
George Washington, Headquarters, New York City
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Brad Skow

June 2025

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